Debugging is the process of removing bugs

Submitted by nastis on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 20:34.

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

Το είπε...: Edsger Dijkstra

Ετικέτες (tags): debugging bugs, programming

Κατηγορία: Αποφθέγματα

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